Japanese Astronaut Expresses Shame For Conflicts And Pollution On Earth
TÖKYÖ — In a note sent Sept. 12 from the International Space Station, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui said it is important to preserve the environment and prevent international conflicts.
“I feel very ashamed that people...
Medicare Can Help You Stay Healthy
David Sayen
Courtesy: Medicare
The best way to stay healthy is to live a healthy lifestyle. You can live a healthy lifestyle and prevent disease by exercising, eating well, keeping a healthy weight and not smoking.
Medicare...
Recognizing LGBT History Month
Jane Yamamoto-Burigsay
Courtesy: Social Security Administration
October is National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Month — a month intended to encourage honesty and openness about being LGBT. First celebrated in 1994 to coincide with National Coming...
Cyrus Tamashiro Installed As UJSH President
Karleen C. Chinen
Over 350 people turned out for the installation of the United Japanese Society of Hawaii’s 2015-16 officers and directors at the organization’s annual Installation and Recognition Banquet. The event was held June...
Hui Makaala Fashion Show
For the first time this year, the recipients of Hui Makaala scholarships got an up-close look at how their college education funds are raised. That’s because this year, Hui Makaala combined its annual fashion...
Haruki Murakami’s New Essay Arrives In Bookstores
TÖKYÖ — Novelist Haruki Murakami’s newest essay, “Shokugyo Toshiteno Shosetsuka,” in which Murakami looks back on his life as a novelist, hit bookstore shelves across Japan on Sept. 10. This time, however, the book...
Beat The Heat With . . . Wine
Ryan Tatsumoto
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Lookin’ Through Rose-Colored Glasses
With the mercury near 90 on a regular basis these days, what do you sip as a reward for finishing the yard work, or cleaning out the garage,...
World War II Nisei Soldiers Remembered At Joint Memorial Service
Karleen C. Chinen
With each passing year, there are fewer and fewer of them. But for those surviving Nisei veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service and 1399th Engineer...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
Reprinted with permission
Three Rules For Happiness
Alice Freeman Palmer advocates three simple rules for happiness. First, commit to memory every day something good, such as a Bible verse. Second, look for...
Unlikely Liberators Exhibit
WHO/WHAT: The Nisei Veterans Legacy Center, in partnership with Temple Emanu-El, presents a photo exhibit on the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion and the liberation of the Dachau Death March. The exhibit was curated by...
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